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Ono, I Really Have to Go!

When you're done in the restroom (left), there's flirting and soap-squirting at the communal sink (right).hahaPhoto: Daniel Maurer

Now that we’ve brought you the steaming poop on Keith McNally’s loos, we can’t help but wonder — who are the other restroom-auteurs? The titans who dream up a new restaurant and imagine themselves walking into its grand opening on a red carpet of double-ply? There is one such man: Mr. Jeffrey Chodorow. When we praised his Kobe Club restrooms last week, we thought the tiles looked familiar — indeed they’re a holdover from Ono, also designed by “Chodobro” Jeffrey Beers. Shall we visit what may be their finest crossing of creative swords?

Theme: Like the old Sega game Contra, the futuristic space contains many levels and sliding doors. Off the curtained, circular communal-sink area, two giant semicircular portals are outfitted with an animated 3-D hologram of a karate-chopping man orwoman.

Privacy: Gigantic sliding doors latch shut to enclose you in private WCs that you could park a Mini Cooperin.

Amenities: A large push button flushes the wall-attached Toto toilets. There are motion-activated sinks in the private handicap stall if you’re shy about using the communal washingarea.

Drawbacks: The mirrored walls make it easy to look yourself in the eye and burst out sobbing over how much you just spent on your date’s makirolls.

Strategy: Remember that by being here (and peeing here) you’re violating McNally’s boycott of the Gansevoort Hotel. Use the back entrance (via the Garden of Ono) to avoid his pryingeyes.